use apt-get on terminal, it's much faster

Does not find packet jollacountdown.

I do have apps.formeego -client installed and testing repository activated.

You must do apt-get update first

apps.formeego is down !
And those using early version of jollacountdown, you might need to perform update (apt-get update && apt-get upgrade).

Those who did not installed apps.formeego client and testing enabler can download it here

Found on twitter.

Can someone verify something for me, every single site said this differently.

Sailfish is the codename for Jolla's OS that it's going to allow other manufactures to use in their devices.

The OS that Jolla's mobile phone will run is going to have a different name?

What I understood (written here http://sfietkonstantin.wordpress.com...lla-summary-2/)

Mer core and the Mer project

Mer (or the mer project) was created after MeeGo was abandonned, first by Nokia, and then by Intel, that “continued” MeeGo with Samsung, by creating Tizen. The creators of Mer wanted to have a meritocratic approach, that is both transparent, and fair, and didn’t wanted to reproduce the errors in the MeeGo project (one of these points was the lack of transparency). Mer means MeeGo reconstructed, and is a complete rebuild of the old project into some core components (“software packages”).

Mer did not provide any user interface. Instead, it tries to be an universal base for those (companies or hackers) that wanted to build, or hack on mobile Linux devices. In order to build an OS from Mer, only two more components are needed, that are the user interface, and the adaptation layers (kernel, hardware drivers etc.) All other components, that are the package manager, basic libraries, kernel etc. are already provided.

Although Mer do not provide user interface, it provides toolkits for building them. For instance the X display manager, that is helped by Qt, is provided to help developing quickly UIs.

Mer is opensource and everybody can contribute to it. Both KDE and Jolla are contributing back to the project.

The Sailfish platform

Yesterday, Jolla announced the creation of the Sailfish platform. Although no much informations were given on this platform, I can guess that it is a more complete platform.

The Sailfish platform seems to be made for OEM that wants a fully complete solution for their device. Since that inside the alliance there are chip makers, the harware adaptation layer should be present. Some helpers about UI, and additional components, for example those used to build app-stores might also be present.

UI do not seems to be shipped, since UI is a great factor of differenciation between manufacturers. While UI is not shipped, both Mer, and maybe also Sailfish will ship helpers, that make the developement of a complete user experience even easier.

Sailfish might or might not be opensourced, but is mostly made of opensource components, like Mer and Qt.

Jolla OS

Jolla Os will be the first incarnation of an OS based on the Sailfish platform. It will integrate Jolla user experience and Jolla services. The system seems to be closed-source, but Jolla said that they might open as much as possible the device.

Jolla's sailfish is excused for not being out already.
but wtf is happening with Tizen?

where is it?

Excellent summary, I can't wait till all of this if 100% clarified (at least the MeR/Sailfish platforms, maybe not everything about Jolla OS) on Nov. 21st.
I hope that they can finally start answering some of our questions then (maybe even some before), & the remainder or new ones after the 21st.